_ S _ h _ i _ t _ ! _

[kentauros]

Figured I better spread that a bit for greater notice and visual effect

And for those that do not agree with learning a little language history, feel free to trash this thread and/or put me on ignore

shit (v.)
Old English scitan, from Proto-Germanic *skit- (cognates: North Frisian skitj, Dutch schijten, German scheissen), from PIE *skei- "to cut, split, divide, separate" (see shed (v.)). The notion is of "separation" from the body (compare Latin excrementum, from excernere "to separate," Old English scearn "dung, muck," from scieran "to cut, shear;" see sharn). It is thus a cousin to science and [link: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=conscience&allowed_in_frame=0|conscience].

"Shit" is not an acronym. The notion that it is a recent word might be partly because it was taboo from c.1600 and rarely appeared in print (neither Shakespeare nor the KJV has it), and even in "vulgar" publications of the late 18c. it is disguised by dashes. It drew the wrath of censors as late as 1922 ("Ulysses" and "The Enormous Room&quot , scandalized magazine subscribers in 1957 (a Hemingway story in "Atlantic Monthly&quot and was omitted from some dictionaries as recently as 1970 ("Webster's New World&quot .

Extensive slang usage; meaning "to lie, to tease" is from 1934; that of "to disrespect" is from 1903. Shite, now a jocular or slightly euphemistic and chiefly British variant of the noun, formerly a dialectal variant, reflects the vowel in the Old English verb (compare German scheissen); the modern verb has been influenced by the noun. Shat is a humorous past tense form, not etymological, first recorded 18c. To shit bricks "be very frightened" attested by 1961. The connection between fear and involuntary defecation has generated expressions since 14c., and probably also is behind scared shitless (1936).

Also, those of you that speak languages other than English, could you post the words you use for shit, including all of the grammatically-correct uses (conjugate the verb, dammit!) Thanks!

[hfojvt]

1. are you excrementing me?

(excrement deleted)

[kentauros]

5. No, just offering some Feces Pieces.

[MohRokTah]

2. HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!

[SheilaT]

3. A good friend of mine was fond of writing

the word shit in as many languages as he knew the word in, which was actually quite a few.

We both worked at National Airport in Washington DC at the time, and he doodle the word in full view of the passengers, and since so few Americans know other languages, no one ever complained.

[kentauros]

4. Oh, that's priceless!

I only know "scheiss" and "merde", learned from movies (1941 and Delicatessen.) Don't know if I spelled those correctly, though...

[SheilaT]

6. Scheisse. There's an e at the end.

He could do that word in French, Spanish, German, Russian, Malaysian, Italian, and probably several others. What made it especially fun was those that use a different alphabet. I don't think any of his co-workers, other than me, knew what he was doing, either.

[kentauros]

11. Thanks for the 'e'

What's especially funny about his antics is that people then visiting from other countries would see and possibly wonder who from their own country wrote that!

[neverforget]

7. Shit! was what I said Sunday night when the Seahawks were

intercepted

[trackfan]

8. But is it shit, shat, shit,

or shit, shit, shit?

[KittyWampus]

9. "disguised by dashes"… what a great phrase THAT is.

[cwydro]

10. I like the Irish

shite!

[PeaceNikki]

12. I highly recommend The film "Fuck"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuck_%28film%29

[kentauros]

13. That looks great!

I'll have to see if it's on Netflix

By the way, have you ever heard Casey Kasem's meltdown?